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Dolly Parton, songwriter, singer, larger than life personality, and country music legend, will be celebrated in Erris next weekend.

THIS YEAR marks the 50th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest singers of the 20th century - Edith Piaf - and her music is to be celebrated in the Town Hall Theatre.

Kilkenny-born star Ciara McCollam was discovered at the Hole in the Wall earlier this year with her show Being Edith Piaf. Following on from highly successful ‘sell out’ shows during the Kilkenny Arts Week, it was confirmed that McCollam would perform a Christmas show at Set Theatre.

Kilkenny locals and visitors to the city during Arts Week are promised an unforgettable night in the Hole in the Wall, as Cashel Downs girl Ciara McCollam performs her astounding ‘Being Edith Piaf’ show.

Love, soul, and music, those are three words that come to mind when one thinks of the legendary French singer, Edith Piaf. A cultural icon, she is universally thought of as France’s best singer. Famously referred to by Marlene Dietrich as the ‘soul of Paris,’ her funeral was the only time since World War Two that Parisian traffic completely came to a stop.